The Congress is in the doldrums in West Bengal, with a serious erosion of its leaders. Scuttlebutt is that three Congress MPs and five MLAs from Murshidabad and Malda are all geared up to join the Trinamool Congress. Sources tell us that Congress’ Malda MP, Mausam Noor, has recently met Mamata Banerjee’s confidant and state transport minister Shubhendu Adhikari twice. Adhikari himself is a popular Bengal politician and Mamata’s political affairs manager.